http://aad.archives.gov/aad/createpdf?rid=160415&dt=1822&dl=823
http://aad.archives.gov/aad/createpdf?rid=160416&dt=1822&dl=823
this USA Declassified/Released US doc
tell u that in 1975,GOM=Malaysia Government wanted to buy M 16 and bullets fr
GOS=SG government.
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PAGE 01 KUALA 05629 221011Z
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ACTION SS-25
INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SSO-00 /026 W
--------------------- 062781
R 220907Z SEP 75
FM AMEMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 1320
INFO AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE
S E C R E T KUALA LUMPUR 5629
EXDIS
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PFOR MILI MY
SUBJ: M-16 SALE AND SINGAPORE
REF: SINGAPORE 4117
1. HELPFUL REVIEW OF BIDDING IN REFTEL PRODUCED IMPORTANT
BIT OF NEW INFORMATION. WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT GOM HAD ASKED
TO PURCHASE M-16S FROM SINGAPORE AND HAD BEEN TURNED DOWN.
WE HAD UNDERSTOOD SINGAPORE WAS NOT CONSIDERED FEASIBLE
SUPPLIER IN AMOUNTS MALAYSIA WANTED BECAUSE OF RELATIVELY
SMALL PRODUCTION AND BECAUSE OF SINGAPORE'S COMMITMENTS,
E.G. THAILAND. FURTHERMORE, WE UNDERSTAND GOM WANTS M-16 MODEL A-1
WHICH NOT MADE IN SINGAPORE.....
http://aad.archives.gov/aad/
search
Singapore + SECRET or
add " Malaysia"
then u can view the true and complete history
Pl think very very carefully before u write. I dunt wan this thread closed
down, like many previous threads.This make me sick and
tired to reture...
i think u can get many interested stuff,like
SG and USA relation
Vietnam refuge
ref
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hpcws/declassifiedlinks.htm
SG is big 5.56 ammo exporter in 1970's,incl exporting to USA!!--
http://aad.archives.gov/aad/createpdf?rid=160416&dt=1822&dl=823
2. AM SOMEWHAT DISTURBED BY REPORT THAT COLT REP (ROY) CHOSE
TO MAKE DISPARAGING REMARKS RE QUALITY OF SINGAPORE 5.56 AMMO.
COMMENT IS WITHOUT SUBSTANCE. SINGAPORE PLANT SUPPLIES THAILAND,
AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, PHILIPPINES, TAIWAN ON REGULAR BASIS,
AND HAS MADE PREVIOUS SHIPMENTS (SMALL AMOUNTS) TO MALAYSIA.
THE SINGAPORE PLANT CURRENTLY HAS AN ORDER FOR 2 MILLION ROUNDS
OF 5.56 AMMO FROM INTERARMCO, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. HAVE EVERY
REASON TO BELIEVE SINGAPORE AMMO MEETS ALL SPECIFICATIONS.
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mmm